Operating
System Classifications
·
Single
User - Single Task
There are one User
and one Task in this Operating System
·
Single
User - Multi Task
There are one User
and multi Task in this Operating System
·
Multi User
- Multi Task
There are multi
User and multi Task in this Operating System
·
Multi
Threading
·
Real time
Operating
system types
GUI
·
GUI- Short for Graphical User Interface,
a GUI Operating System contains graphics and icons and is commonly navigated
using a computer mouse.
Multi-user
·
A multi-user operating system allows for
multiple users to use the same computer at the same time and/or different
times.
Multiprocessing
·
An operating system capable of supporting and
utilizing more than one computer processor.
Multitasking
·
An operating system that is capable of allowing
multiple software processes to run at the same time.
Multithreading
·
Operating systems that allow different parts of
a software program to run concurrently.
Real time systems
—A real-time operating system
is an operating system that guarantees a certain capability within a specified
time constraint.
—Real-time operating systems
require:
o
multitasking
o
Process threads
o
Interrupt levels
—These are the types of systems
which control satellites, robots, and air-traffic control
Virtual machine
A self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it
is a separate computer.
For example, Java applets run in a Java virtual machine
(VM) that has no access to the host
operating system.
operating system.
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